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Culture ‘You just feel devastated; people are leaving in a state of complete depression’ — the view on the ground from a poet in Israel
Yudit Shahar is a veteran of many protests; she says this one feels different
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Opinion The Israel we know has fallen
The battle over the future of Israel — can it be both democratic and religious — goes on
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Fast Forward In Jerusalem, defiance and despair among protesters on fateful day for Israeli judicial reform
Bargur is one of thousands of Israelis who have crowded a park in this city in recent days, part of a last-ditch effort by protesters to stop Israel’s right-wing government from passing a law weakening Israel’s judiciary
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Fast Forward ‘When there is a crisis over there … we feel it viscerally here’: New Yorkers march in solidarity with Israeli protesters
A march over the Brooklyn Bridge Sunday coincided with massive protests in Jerusalem over efforts to dilute the power of the country’s judiciary
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Fast Forward Knesset votes on judicial overhaul, as violence ensues between protesters and police
Government ministers fighting over last-minute compromise
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News ‘A time of emergency’: What you need to know about the fight over Israel’s court system
Both sides of the debate have made clear that what is at stake is no longer just a piece of legislation but rather Israel’s military, governmental system and, perhaps, the future of the country itself
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Fast Forward With Israel in turmoil, Netanyahu undergoes pacemaker placement
Last week, Netanyahu was briefly hospitalized in Jerusalem for what he said was a bout of dehydration
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Fast Forward In fiery address, Netanyahu doubles down on judicial overhaul while calling for unity
'All this talk of destroying democracy is just absurd,' he said
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